Renderings revealed for Disney Cruise Line's new Disney Dream

A family sails a catamaran at Castaway Cay, on the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

A family sails a catamaran at Castaway Cay, on the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Colored lights illuminate one of the ship funnels, left, at the AquaDuck water coaster, on Deck 12, on the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

Colored lights illuminate one of the ship funnels, left, at the AquaDuck water coaster, on Deck 12, on the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Executive Chef Steve Walker with a variety of dishes from the ship's main restaurants, during the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

Executive Chef Steve Walker with a variety of dishes from the ship's main restaurants, during the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

A guests waves as she rides the AquaDuck water coaster , during the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

A guests waves as she rides the AquaDuck water coaster , during the official christening cruise of the Disney Dream, from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL)

AquaDuck -- the first water coaster aboard a cruise ship -- will send passengers sailing 13 feet over the edge, 150 feet above the water's surface, rafting a clear, acrylic tube before returning above the top deck of the Disney Cruise Line ship.

"This isn't a passive experience -- from top to bottom," said Greg Dauberger, director of design and production for Walt Disney Imagineering.

The ride was among the Dream details revealed Thursday afternoon in New York. Scheduled to debut in January 2011, the ship will sail from Port Canaveral with three-, four- and five-night cruises to Nassau, Bahamas, and Castaway Cay, Disney's private island.

The Royal Caribbean Quantum of the Seas was built at the Meyer Werft shipyards and delivered in October 2014. It's the first of two ships that have been part of the line's Project Sunshine. The sister ship Anthem of the Seas is due in spring 2015. Read about ship details